我记得我的朋友约翰尼·冯·诺伊曼曾经说过，“用四个参数我可以拟合一头大象，用五个我可以让它摆动它的鼻子。”
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'
The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion.
The future belongs to those who can adapt while maintaining operational excellence.
The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.